Eight Months

At eight months Thomas:

-is weighing about 20.5 lbs.  We know this because....

-had is first cold this month, so we made an extra visit to the pediatrician.  He woke up one morning with a yucky eye, bad cough, and super runny nose.  With H1N1 flu virus being so scary, I was worried what he had was much worse than a cold.  He was prescribed an antibiotic of which we did not take.  We decided that since he was not running fever, to let his body fight it on its own for a few days.  He knocked it out on his own in about 6 days.

-wears a 9 months right now, and they fit nicely.  Somethings he is even wearing in a 12 months (Bailey Boys, Funtasia, Carriage Boutique, Feldman Brothers)

-is sleeping 12 hours a night straight and taking 2 very good naps.  He naps at 10 am for about an hour and a half and then again at 2 pm for 1-2 hours.

-takes about 17-21 ounces of solid foods and about 24 ounces of milk a day.  He still loves green beans and a new favorite is the apples & cherries blend.  He really, really does not like macaroni and cheese!

-has started babbling alot!  Ba Ba Ba Ba, Pa Pa Pa Pa, Ga, ooooooo, aaaaaaaa, and lots of MMMMMM.  He's been saying something that sounds a whole lot like, "hey" for quite sometime.  We aren't sure if he's actually caught on to "hey" as being a greeting, but none the less, we still say "hey" right back to him.  It makes us laugh.

-does the motorboat sound lots.  I'm not sure how to type that sound, but it's the sound when you put your lips together and blow out.

-responds to sign language.  I have been signing "food" or "eat" for several weeks now.  Within the past week or two he has really started lighting up when I sign "food"/"eat".  We are still working on "milk" and "more".

-has tried his first bits of real food.  I've given him mashed up pieces of a banana or apple I was eating.  He had a confused look on his face, but kept reaching for more.

-has got the army crawl down pat.  He gets everywhere he wants to go just by laying on his belly and using his elbows.

-does not enjoy being still and having his diaper changed.  It usually taked us several attempts at getting the diaper on right because he is constantly on the move.   

-sits up on his own from the crawling postion.

- is pulling up.  Pulling up on the couch, on our legs, on the bed, everything he can. He is a little MONKEY!!

-has zero teeth.

-loves being outside.

  -smiles lots.  If you smile at him, he will more than likely smile right back at you.